How Many Refugees?

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2012/06/20/how-many-refugees/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eabrams+%28Elliott+Abrams%3A+Pressure+Points%29 A general view of the Jenin refugee camp is seen near the West Bank city of Jenin September 6, 2011 (Courtesy REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini). Today the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (or PCBS) commemorated World...

“Crown Heights Women For The Safety and Integrity of Israel” protest the presence of...

by Tamar Adelstein, coordinator Crown Heights Women for the Safety and Integrity of Israel Cadelstein@aol.com Two weeks ago, “Crown Heights Women for the Safety and Integrity of Israel” organized a press conference in response to the...

Ballot box blues

If anecdotal feedback and surveys are anything to go by, an increasing number of potential voters are feeling tuned out as Election Day approaches on 1 November. My own unscientific soundings of various age groups...

Pollak: The Military Intervenes in Israel — and the USA

What happened this week in Israel is best understood as a partial military coup, backed by the U.S. government. The Israeli opposition used protests to shut down the country — and used mass military desertion...

Incredibly asinine and crass

The longer it takes to finish off Hamas, the greater the opportunity for all and sundry to weigh in with gratuitous advice and demands. In past efforts to decimate terror groups, the job was always...

Beware of the small print

When offered a deal that sounds too good to be true, it is always advisable to read the small print. What holds true for individuals contemplating tempting offers is even more critical for politicians and...

Christian Groups Who Were Expelled This Past Month

While these groups vary slightly from each other in exact denomination and particular ideology, they share a common expectation: a return of Jesus sometime in the immediate future. This expectation has prompted the members...

The Man Who Convinced Eshkol

The course of history can be changed by the determination of one man who stands up for what he believes in when he is listened to by people who are in a position of...

Sidebar: Nixon tapes and the Arafat’s murders in Khartoum

The web site mountnixon.com/khartoum.html draws some interesting e-mail and comment from knowledgeable people who read it. On February 10, 2002, I received a call from Jim Welsh in Oregon (James J. Welsh), who had...

Western Canada names a Special Representative to Israel

Premier Greg Selinger appoints Mel Lazareck to the new position of special representative for Manitoba to Israel for economic and community relations. Government of Manitoba Jaqueline Freedman, Mel Lazareck and Erez Rotem LAZARECK NAMED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR...